The Billionaire's Secret Quartet

Chapter 851

Heat hung heavy and thick in the air.

It tantalized Thalassa’s senses, causing her taut heart to skip a beat.

No one understood Lysander’s current state better than she did.

Her internal alarm bells were sounding, but she was paralyzed and frozen in place.

In silence, she held Elowen’s soft and little body in her arms. Behind her, Lysander’s broad, heated chest enveloped her; his arms were wrapping around her, and his hot breath was falling on the nape of her neck.

She was torn between protecting her precious baby and the imminent danger of the beast that could tear her to shreds at any moment.

Time ticked away.

Elowen grew softer in her arms. She had fallen asleep.

behind her, Lysander’s burning presence didn’t diminish. She had no clue if he was asleep

attempted to move, but a low,

not attending his funeral?” His voice was

suddenly froze; her nerves

unable to decipher his

Sinclair, his nephew, was dead.

when she didn’t respond.

responding, “Of course I regret it. Who wouldn’t be regretful for not being able to

didn’t you come to me?”

Thalassa as his face nuzzled her neck. His words, transformed into breath, brushed against her vulnerable skin, heightening the sense of

dared not keep

to you, it would have put you in

explicitly forbidden her from attending Leopold’s funeral, Thalassa had abandoned the idea altogether. She knew that going against Zephyr would result in mutual destruction.